Monumentum
Tauroctony of Zadar
The relief of Mithras killing the bull of Zadar includes a naked Sol in a quadriga.
31 Dec 2020
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Mithras in Oriental dress kills the bull whose tail ends in three corn-ears. The dog, the serpent and the scorpion in the usual places. The raven is perched on Mithras' flying cloak. Behind the bull Cautes stands not cross-legged, turned towards Mithras. He holds the burning torch upwards with two hands. Above him Sol in shoulder-cape and whip standing in a quadriga.
Lost: the right upper corner with Luna, Cautopates, the left hand and part of the
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